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In the photo book 'China Dream', which bears the name of a patriotic calendar, we take part in the study by exiled Chinese photographer Teresa ENG about the contrast between cultural knowledge about China and the reality of a country in constant change.

The photos in 'At Dusk' by Miyuki OKUYAMA give insight into her inner life and her states of mind as she moved from one culture to another. The images are inspired by fragmented childhood memories, long repressed fears, and vaguely remembered nightmares.

Pb, 22,5 x 27,5 cm., 20 pp., color ills., English - Ltd. to 100 copies

In the context of 2016s attacks in the U.S. Alejandro CARTAGENA, the photographer of out-of-print book 'Santa Barbara return jobs back to US' seems to be a lonely shooter, eyeing up his next victim through a rifle-scope and move to its natural conclusion.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 30 x 1 cm., 52 pp., b/w ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 150 numbered copies

Rubber binded pb. in newspaper format (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 33 x 1 cm., 60 pp., 15 posters in color, no text - Ltd. to 500 copies

The 2nd chapter of the 'Santa Barbara' trilogy - 'Santa Barbara Shame on US' - by Alejandro CARTAGENA on the social-political development of the USA, shows the current situation in the USA in an almost theatrical approach to show the core of the decline.

The photo book, 'A Swimming Pool', is about Michele TAGLIAFERRI's love-hate relationship with routine. In seven chapters he examines the feeling of freedom and being locked in through daily recurring processes that arise when looking at pictures.

My brother died in a car accident in 1999. His last girlfriend, Kaori, was Japanese. She kept on writing and sending photos for months after the accident. The search for her led me to Fukushima and the tsunami area. Shortlisted for First Book Award 2015.

Pb., 27 x 36 x 1 cm., 40 pp., color ills., no text - Ltd. to 500 copies